Vice President (Engineering)

Responsibilities:

• Hire, build and develop a high performing team of leaders and engineers
• Manage and coordinate the engineering roadmap with Product and Data, providing accurate resource and timeline estimations
• Foster a culture that allows for iterative, autonomous development and future scaling
• Ensure compliance with security regulations
• Develop, maintain, and regularly report on success metrics that measure the operational health, performance, effectiveness and efficiency of the products the team is responsible for delivering
• Review and update policies relevant to internal systems and equipment
• Prioritise workloads against available resources and desired level of business impact
• Develop a strategy that enables the business through innovation and efficiencies, incorporating reliability and security principles in alignment with the company’s goals
• Develop productive, collaborative, cross-functional relationships with various internal and external stakeholders

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant professional experience in computer science or related science, technology, or engineering fields
• 7+ years of management experience in a technology leadership role, including mentoring and leading software engineering teams
• Demonstrated ability to manage, motivate and hold accountable a high-performing, distributed team, and ability to bring people together against a set of strategies and goals
• Has deep expertise across several technical domains with a solid foundation in software design and architecture, data structures and algorithms
• Proven experience in hiring, retaining and leading high calibre engineering talent
• Forward-thinking strategist with proven success in translating strategy to tactical plans with high-quality execution and delivery
• Catalyst for positive change with the ability to work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced growth environment
• Possess a strong interest in fintech / financial services
• Interested in working with data, functions, and characteristics of companies
• A healthy scepticism for the status quo and an unwillingness to settle
• An empathetic leader style and have a strong self-awareness
• Have a basic understanding of terms in financial statements and financial ratios

Interested candidates may send their CV to Jaslyn (Reg No: R2091242 ) at anc3@anchorsearchgroup.com quoting the job title in the Subject line. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.